Fluor Daniel Fernald -- P.O. Box 538704, Mail Stop No. 52-3, Cincinnati, OH

X -- LEASE OR RENTAL OF FACILITIES -- URANIUM MATERIALS STORAGE FACILITY SOUGHT POC Elizabeth A. Straub, (513) 648-4402/Subcontract Administrator. Fluor Daniel Fernald (FDF), Prime Contractor for the United States Department of Energy's (DOE's) Fernald Environmental Management Project (FEMP), Fernald, Hamilton County, Ohio, is seeking expressions of interest from SOURCE(s) for the storage of depleted, normal, and enriched uranium in various forms. The time frame needed for storage would be five (5) to ten (10) years beginning in mid-1998. THIS NOTICE IS A REQUEST FOR INTERESTED SOURCES ONLY AND DOES NOT OBLIGATE FDF TO ISSUE A SOLICITATION. The material is generally as follows; the quantities may be less than these at the time of storage but would not exceed these amounts: DEPLETED: UO

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/E>, 93,297 net pounds, 1,320 square foot package; UF

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/E>, 4,281,671 net pounds, 14,440 square foot package; Metal, 4,132,621 net pounds, 4,420 square foot package; Total 20,180 square feet. NORMAL: UO

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/E>, 138 net pounds; UF

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/E>, 13,979 net pounds, 72 square foot package; Metal, 473,571 net pounds, 1,443 square foot package; Total 1,515 square feet. ENRICHED (.712-19.9% U

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/E>): UO

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/E>, 1,861,168 net pounds, 58,280 square foot package; UF

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/E>, 807,351 net pounds, 22,856 square foot package; Metal, 1,149,763 (.95-1.25%) net pounds, 15,150 square foot package; Misc. Residues, 2,226,748 (.712-1%) net pounds, 15,044 square foot package; Misc. Residues, 700,568 (greater than 1 and less than or equal to 2%) net pounds, 111,848 square foot package; Misc. Residues, 12,122 (greater than 2 and less than or equal to 19.9%) net pounds, 1,200 square foot package; Total 224,378 square feet. The inventory above contains 29,989 kilograms of U

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/E> (6,467 kgs in depleted, 1,533 kgs in normal, and 21,989 in enriched). The preferred conditions for storage would be that which would minimize initial expenditures by the government (i.e., sites that possess available warehouse space would be given preference over a construction scenario). The site must possess, or be able to readily acquire, capability for accountability of the materials according to the requirements of 10 CFR 74 and surveillance through disposition according to the requirements of 10 CFR 73. The materials will be packaged for shipment by FDF into FDF-supplied containers and delivered to the storage site. Details of proposed packaging will be provided in the Request for Proposal (RFP) when it is issued. The storage site must possess all required licenses for handling nuclear materials. Transfer of the materials would be subject to, and contingent upon, all applicable federal, state, and local requirements. Firms interested in storing this material for the government should request a copy of the RFP and submit their proposal in accordance with the instructions contained therein. Expressions of interest with required information must be submitted in writing to Fluor Daniel Fernald, ATTN: Ms. Elizabeth A. Straub (MS 52-3), P.O. Box 538704, Cincinnati, OH 45253 by January 10, 1997. TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. (0002)

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